Safety based design and maintenance optimisation of large marine engineering systems

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-27

  Wang, J ^a   Yang, J B ^b   Sen, P ^c   Ruxton, T ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; REPAIR; RISKS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

HYDRAULIC HOISTING TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; LARGE MARINE ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE COSTS; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUES; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; SAFETY ANALYSIS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

ECONOMICS; MARINE STRUCTURES; MODELLING; SAFETY;

EID: 0030074909     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-1187(96)00022-3     Document Type: Article

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